Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-22

a centaur, appeared, bowling with match
less grace to the immense multitudes.
Once, in going up Broadway, The Gen
erals horse TOOK fright, and would have
thrown any horseman less accompli shed
than himself.
IL was on this tour that Harvard con-
feIred upon him the degree of LII. D.
This ceremony gave the wits CREST OPP
portunitY, and immense fun was made OF
the way some solemn old don fired Off
Latin speech at the general, OF which, OF
course, he could not understand q single
word.
Van Buren, made no trip during his
term, and the only journey Tyler made
was one June dSy in 1874, when he, in
company with Commodore Stockton,
and his son aud private secretary, John
TYLER, hasteued TO New York aud with
out public notice or the least ostentation
married Miss Julia Gardner and then hur-
ried back to Washington again with his
bride. Neither Polk, nor Taylor, nor
Fillmore, nor Pierce. nor Buchanan WAS
a traveller, nor did the people generally
have an opportunity to see them except
at Washington. Mr. Lincoln had too
great burden laid upon him to be ever
absent from Washington save under the
most imperative circumstances, but 1t Is
said to have been his intention when the
war was eaded TO take very extended
trip through the country.
President Andrew johnson originated
the phrase "swingiDg around the circle"
on the occasion of the famous tour to
Chicago to lay the corner stone OF the
Douglas monument, in September, 1885.
johnson mad so little appreciation OF the
dignity of his Office, and was so wanting
in seli-respect, that he turned the trip
into an ell actioneering campaign. The re-
suit was lat the people became indig-
nent, and he was nowhere received with
respect, aad narrowly escaped meeting
with great indignity in many places.
During his term General Grant mads
many trips from Washington, but always
with the EXTREMIST privacy ne could con-
mand. He hated display of every soft.
and rarely met crowd when he coula
avoid it.
In the fall of 1873 President Hayes wss
invited to attend the Minneapolis state
fair and he.took that occasion to mske q
very extensive tour through the country.
he was everywhere received with the re-
spect due his exalted of1ice, but the gen.
ersl enthusiasm over him was not very
great.
President Arthur was fond of travel,
and made two journeys turing his term
one to Yellowstone Park and the other to
Florida. Both were made privately, and
he would not accept any public entertain
ment.
Of American statesmen who have trav-
eled through the country, Henry Clay was
the most popular, and made the grestest
Journeys. His simplest trip became o
public progress, and everywhere he went
he met the most enthusiastic receptions.
In February. 184S, he left Washington for
trip to New York. At Baltimore and
Philadelphia he was received with great
demonstrations of enthusiasm. It was
on this occasion at Philadelphia that the
old liberty bell in the statehouse was
cracked in pealing out the joyous notes
of welcome to the great Kentucky states
man. At New York the city suthorltie
took him in charge, and the festivities
lasted several DAYS.
| In the presidential campaign of 1860
Stephen A. Douglas made great tour
| throughout the whole country and met
with great receptions from his own party
| friends everywhere, and immense crowds
turned out to hear the "Little Giant" but
! party feeling ran too high, and freedom
| and slavery we're too fercely at deatt
grips for the panaceas Of the great Illinois
Senator to meet with much favor.
After Horace Greeley's nomination fol
the presidency in 1872 he made very
extensive tour thru ughout the country
commencing in New England in Angus
of that year, thence coming west through
Ohio, Kentucky and indiana, and return
ing to New York by way of Pennsylvania
During this tour he received great recep
tions from his party friends, and made
many speeches, which have often beer
highly commended as illustrative of tht
versatile genius of Mr. Greeley. But the,
proved of little avail, so far as his presi
Dental aspirations were concerned, ant
he returned to his home to die insane twt
months afterward.